Carl Fleischhauer, co-author of a book about the FSA-OWI photo collection sketches the history of this famous project that documented American life from the Great Depression to the first years of World War II and explains how to use the photographs and other materials to better understand the time, the people in the pictures, and the documentary process (Documenting America, 1935-1943: The Farm Security ...

Transcript of "Learning from the FSA Collection" by Carl Fleischhauer: Documenting America, 1935-1943: The Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photo Collection (Library of Congress Journeys and Crossings)